Freight Insulation or Refigeration System

[Goktug]

Which one is more useful. I have no idea what kind of containers they provide to carry.

[Hessan]

Freight Insulation but I take the business approach of "I will carry what I want to when I want to and with what equipment I want to and I will not obey the customs rules. If we get caught we get caught and pay the piper. Its a cost of doing buisness." I believe that you make more money in the long run this way because you always take the most lucrative contracts not ones your ship is equipped to handle. Short run if your not lucky you may pay a few fines but as your rep goes up the customs folks tend to look the other way and not inspect you as frequently.

[Team Triss]

I have my entire fleet fitted out with Freight Insulation, except the New Panamax class ships, which can have both upgrades.

Freight Insulation allows you to carry things like Luxury Goods, Machinery, and Electronics. As you upgrade from level 1 to 3, you'll see the icons appearing that you can carry.

Refrigeration allows you to carry things like Medicine, Foodstuffs, and Chemicals, so it's really about what you want to carry.

Technically, as Hessan said you can carry whatever you want, but if you're stopped by customs carrying something that you shouldn't be, it can be a hefty fine (although they don't confiscate anything).

I have carried items I shouldn't have when trying to fulfil a mandatory contract, but otherwise I generally shy away from it because I'd be pretty mad if I wanted to ship 5000 containers of food only to have it arrive spoiled, or 5000 containers of TVs and find every one broken because the shippers didn't handle it right. Just a personal choice.

[pete_someguy]

Thnaks for posting this. It answered my question about which one to go for as well. Think I'll be going for the Insulation option as well.

[Telfram]

Originally posted by LoR Team Triss:

ship 5000 containers of food only to have it arrive spoiled, or 5000 containers of TVs and find every one broken

But does this actually happen though? Done both without correct fittings but never had the above effects

[pete_someguy]

Originally posted by Telfram:

Originally posted by LoR Team Triss:

ship 5000 containers of food only to have it arrive spoiled, or 5000 containers of TVs and find every one broken

But does this actually happen though? Done both without correct fittings but never had the above effects

Not to me it hasn't lol. Only issues I have had is if I've been caught out by customs lol.

[Hanseatic 8]

I Have bouth,freight insulusion and thermo system. I feel It interesting to play whit bouth system. Have only 2 panamax whit reefers and I like the chalenge whit Company contracts, and when I have contracts that I only can hadle whit panamax or less It is fun to play when you fight agaist the limit. But when I play now after enter the tycoon level, there is very long time since There was custom control